In This Episode
Tommy and Lovett discuss Trump’s closing argument of lies and why the media needs to stop repeating them, they inexplicably have to explain why nationalism is bad, offer a health care policy update and the latest on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Then, Jon Favreau interviews Andrew Gillum, the Democratic candidate for governor in Florida.
Show Notes:
Trump’s lies
- Crooked: THE 2018 MIDTERMS ARE 2016 ALL OVER AGAIN
- Politico: Trump: ‘I’m a nationalist’
- New York Times: Trump and G.O.P. Candidates Escalate Race and Fear as Election Ploys
- Washington Post: Trump and Republicans settle on fear — and falsehoods — as a midterm strategy
- New York Times: Promoting His Agenda, Trump Embraces the ‘Nationalist’ Label
- Washington Post: Trump takes an old Republican lie and makes it even worse
- Washington Post: In Florida’s burgeoning suburbs, white voters siding with Republicans try to keep a surge of young and minority voters at bay
- NBC News: Gillum targeted by new racist robocall in Florida governor race
- Washington Post: Trump promises to unveil ‘resolution’ for middle-class tax cut in midterm messaging move
- Washington Post: The Daily 202: Trump’s fantastical promises of imminent new tax cuts showcase his failure to sell last year’s bill
The caravan
- Politico: Why Trump is talking nonstop about the migrant caravan
- Politico: HHS reviews refugee operations as Trump calls for border crackdown
- The Atlantic: There Is No Easy Way for Trump to Stop the Latest Caravan
- New York Times: Trump’s Evidence-Free Claims About the Migrant Caravan
- New York Times: The Democrats and the Caravan – Opinion
- Washington Post: Trump’s impotent rage over the border could lead to something drastic – Opinion
- Bloomberg: Trump Says He’s Ending Central American Aid Over Migrant Caravan
- NPR: The Consequences Of Threatening Foreign Aid Cuts Over Immigration Enforcement
- Washington Post: Pence seeks to bolster Trump’s unsubstantiated claim of ‘Middle Easterners’ in a migrant caravan
- Washington Post: The mystery of ‘unknown Middle Easterners’: Who is really in the migrant caravan?
- Axios: Homeland Security says Middle Easterners are traveling in Mexico to U.S.
- Washington Post: The caravan is coming! And it’s high time to calm the rising media frenzy
- MIT Technology Review: Amazon is the invisible backbone behind ICE’s immigration crackdown
- Washington Post: Battleground House districts remain close in new poll
George Soros
Healthcare
- New York Times: Trump Officials Make It Easier for States to Skirt Health Law’s Protections
- Washington Post: The Health 202: HHS invites states to duck more Obamacare requirements
Ballot measures
- Politico: The ballot revolt to bring Medicaid expansion to Trump country
- Miami Herald: What is Amendment 4 on Florida ballot? It affects restoration of felons’ voting rights
- Vox: 2 high-stakes ballot measures could boost wages for nearly 1 million workers
- KUOW: Notorious ‘malice’ standard for cops heads to voters in Washington state
- Wall Street Journal: Louisiana Ballot Measure Would Overturn Segregation-Era Law
- Vox: How Ohio voters could upend the state’s war on drugs this November
- Politico: Voters in 3 states to decide abortion curbs as Supreme Court shifts right
Khashoggi
- New York Times: Erdogan Says Saudis Planned Khashoggi’s Killing in Turkey
- New York Times: Standing Ovation for Saudi Crown Prince Thrusts Conference Attendees Into Limelight
- Vox: Turkey’s president undercuts Saudi Arabia’s Khashoggi story
- The Atlantic: Erdogan’s Big Reveal That Wasn’t
- New York Times: Trump Says Saudi Account of Khashoggi Killing Is ‘Worst Cover-Up’ in History
- Washington Post: Trump says Saudis engaged in ‘worst coverup ever’ as U.S. imposes penalties
Jared Kushner
- New Yorker: What Jared Kushner Revealed in His Interview with Van Jones
- Politico: ‘Where is Jared?’ no more: Kushner cornered on Saudi debacle
- Washington Post: Inside the Saudis’ Washington influence machine: How the kingdom gained power
- Politico: How a smooth Saudi operative charms Washington and defends ‘the indefensible’
Andrew Gillum
- Campaign website
- New Yorker: Andrew Gillum and the Extent of the Progressive Revolution
- CNN: DeSantis and Gillum spar over race, Trump in contentious Florida governor debate
- GQ: Andrew Gillum’s Vision for America Should Be Every Democrat’s Closing Argument
- Rolling Stone: Despite Trump’s Wishful Thinking, Andrew Gillum Won the Florida Debate
- Sun Sentinel: CNN Florida poll has good news for Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson – maybe too good
- CNN: Billionaire Tom Steyer to donate another $2 million to Andrew Gillum in Florida governor’s race
- New York Times: Andrew Gillum, a Florida Insider Running as a Progressive Outsider
- Evening Standard: Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum lashes out at Donald Trump over Orlando comments: ‘Don’t talk trash about my city while we’re preparing for a hurricane’
- Miami Herald: Here’s how Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum plan to steer Florida’s economy
- Orlando Sentinel: Andrew Gillum campaign defends tax plan, record as mayor
- NBC News: Gillum drops new Florida governor ad on algae bloom crisis
- The Palm Beach West Post: Gillum lays out environmental plan in ground zero for red tide
- Orlando Sentinel: Does Andrew Gillum support statehood for Puerto Rico? It’s complicated
- Washington Post: Andrew Gillum staff member who mocked Trump supporters as dumb is fired after vulgar past tweets resurface
- Politico: Progressive billionaires fall for Florida’s Gillum
- Tampa Bay Times: Florida Democrats confident at halfway point as Andrew Gillum rides high in the polls
- New York Times: Text Messages to Jewish Voters Inflame Tense Florida Governor’s Race
- Miami Herald: There’s a big campaign shakeup in the Florida governor’s race
- New York Times: Ron DeSantis Faces Questions About Supporter’s Racist Slur
- Tampa Bay Times: How are Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum different? Look at their education plans.
- New York Times: Andrew Gillum Pulled Off the Upset of a Lifetime. Now Comes the Hard Part.
- Politico: How Ron DeSantis won the Fox News primary
